Word: vermont
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Farley, who originated the remark, "As Maine goes, so goes Vermont". On election night, as returns flashed in to indicate a Roosevelt landslide, I wrote out the crack, marked it "col and ½ 8 pt. bold face," handed it to the linotyper. It was printed in the paper of Nov. 4 and the copy for the remark, as I can prove, was stamped about 10:20 p. m. Nov. 3. JULIUS MILTON WESTHEIMER...
...sent a telegram to President Roosevelt at the White House immediately after the news came over the radio that New Hampshire had deserted the Landon Column: "Congratulations on your election again, also on Mr. Farley's prediction, 'As Maine goes so goes Vermont.' " I meant by Mr. Farley's prediction that he had conceded Maine and Vermont to the Republicans. My modesty forbids my allowing anyone else to take credit...
...Philadelphia Record editorial department conducted an office pool in which members guessed the number of electoral votes. Closest and victor was Rewriteman Warren MacAllen who gave Landon only Vermont, Maine and New Hampshire. On election night came news that the Knox New Hampshire paper had conceded the State to Roosevelt. Promptly wisecracked Rewriteman-Prognosticator MacAllen: "As Maine goes, so goes Vermont." Credit to whom credit is due. Undoubtedly the idea burst to the lips of others; but MacAllen was ahead of Farley...
Having seen in the Dec. 14 issue of TIME that you attribute the well-worn phrase, "As goes Maine, so goes Vermont," to Gen. Farley, I thought you might be interested in my own experience with the words...
Near midnight on Nov. 3, I disgustedly turned off my radio and sat down to write my weekly column called "Hangovers" for my weekly country newspaper. The first words I set down were "As Maine goes, so goes Vermont." I realized immediately that the wisecrack was so obvious that it was scarcely worth printing, but I let it ride because I could think of nothing better...